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Anonymous wrote:Looks like he was released from police custody yesterday.
‘No Other Land’ Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Freed, Says Co-Director
Following the Palestinian filmmaker’s attack and arrest, directors including Alex Gibney and Liz Garbus signed a petition calling for his release
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/no-other-land-director-hamdan-ballal-freed-1235302888/
Following his attack by Israeli settlers and subsequent arrest by Israeli authorities, Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal — the co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land — has been freed. “After being handcuffed all night and beaten in a military base, Hamdan Ballal is now free and is about to go home to his family,” Ballal’s co-director Yuval Abraham wrote on X. It was Abraham’s posts that helped circulate the news of Ballal’s attack, which occurred just outside his West Bank village home. Abraham first reported on Monday, March 24 that Ballal was “lynched,” but then issued a correction: “Note: Hamdan was assaulted and beaten up, not murdered,” he said. “My use of ‘lynched’ was a mistranslation from Hebrew (English isn’t my first language). He’s injured and being held at a police station in a settlement. They did not let his lawyer speak to him yet so we don’t know more.” The Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV), an activist group with members who were on the scene, told Rolling Stone in a statement that “dozens of settlers” attacked the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area of the southern West Bank, which occurred on Monday around 6 p.m. local time. The masked assailants — who were reportedly carrying weapons that included knives, batons, and at least one assault rifle — allegedly attacked “two homes, destroyed water tanks, and stole security cameras.” Ballal’s attack and arrest made international news, and resulted in several filmmakers signing a petition calling for his release. As of this writing, it has nearly 7,000 signatures. “Reports that Mr. Ballal was forcibly removed by the Israeli army from an ambulance following a brutal attack by settlers, and subsequently detained without clear information regarding his whereabouts, deeply alarm us,” reads the petition, which was signed by Alex Gibney, Liz Garbus, Roger Ross Williams, and others. “Such treatment of an internationally acclaimed filmmaker gravely undermines artistic freedom, human rights, and freedom of speech — core values vital to democratic societies.” Commenting on IndieWire’s Instagram post, actor Mark Ruffalo wrote, “Every filmmaker and academy member should be acting together in protest. No matter where you stand on this issue this is an attack on our beloved art from of filmmaking. Hamden Ballal is a political prisoner, and this is an international incident and violation of human rights. Many of us are not surprised by this behavior from the lawless settlers and the IDF at this point. Kill journalists and abducting filmmakers is not an accident but a design for the eradication of a people and their culture. Free Ballal!” Filmed by both Palestinian and Israeli activists, No Other Land was co-directed by Ballal, Abraham, Basel Adra, and Rachel Szor. Prior to winning the Oscar for Best Documentary, Adra and Abraham spoke to Rolling Stone about the situation in the West Bank and whether or not the nomination has helped. “So far, it has not,” Adra said. “That’s the sad part. The movie is doing very well outside, in festivals, among audiences, and having a focus from media. But the situation on the ground is going very badly.” Added Abraham: “We are going to continue to document, because that is what we do. I don’t know how effective it is and I can still hope it will have some effect eventually. But right now, as Basel said, it’s very hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

Clearly he wasn’t lynched.

But that ruins the narrative....

The narrative that he was assaulted and beaten in front of his home? Then taken into custody by the Israeli police?

And the word “lynched” was used by the Jewish Israeli guy who said he was translating from Hebrew. Read. The. Article.

The persistent narrative that "all Palestinians are innocent victims, never mind that they raised, indoctrinated, sheltered, and supported Hamas", and "Jews are all evil and have no right to their country or to self-defense".

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like he was released from police custody yesterday.
‘No Other Land’ Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Freed, Says Co-Director
Following the Palestinian filmmaker’s attack and arrest, directors including Alex Gibney and Liz Garbus signed a petition calling for his release
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/no-other-land-director-hamdan-ballal-freed-1235302888/
Following his attack by Israeli settlers and subsequent arrest by Israeli authorities, Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal — the co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land — has been freed. “After being handcuffed all night and beaten in a military base, Hamdan Ballal is now free and is about to go home to his family,” Ballal’s co-director Yuval Abraham wrote on X. It was Abraham’s posts that helped circulate the news of Ballal’s attack, which occurred just outside his West Bank village home. Abraham first reported on Monday, March 24 that Ballal was “lynched,” but then issued a correction: “Note: Hamdan was assaulted and beaten up, not murdered,” he said. “My use of ‘lynched’ was a mistranslation from Hebrew (English isn’t my first language). He’s injured and being held at a police station in a settlement. They did not let his lawyer speak to him yet so we don’t know more.” The Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV), an activist group with members who were on the scene, told Rolling Stone in a statement that “dozens of settlers” attacked the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area of the southern West Bank, which occurred on Monday around 6 p.m. local time. The masked assailants — who were reportedly carrying weapons that included knives, batons, and at least one assault rifle — allegedly attacked “two homes, destroyed water tanks, and stole security cameras.” Ballal’s attack and arrest made international news, and resulted in several filmmakers signing a petition calling for his release. As of this writing, it has nearly 7,000 signatures. “Reports that Mr. Ballal was forcibly removed by the Israeli army from an ambulance following a brutal attack by settlers, and subsequently detained without clear information regarding his whereabouts, deeply alarm us,” reads the petition, which was signed by Alex Gibney, Liz Garbus, Roger Ross Williams, and others. “Such treatment of an internationally acclaimed filmmaker gravely undermines artistic freedom, human rights, and freedom of speech — core values vital to democratic societies.” Commenting on IndieWire’s Instagram post, actor Mark Ruffalo wrote, “Every filmmaker and academy member should be acting together in protest. No matter where you stand on this issue this is an attack on our beloved art from of filmmaking. Hamden Ballal is a political prisoner, and this is an international incident and violation of human rights. Many of us are not surprised by this behavior from the lawless settlers and the IDF at this point. Kill journalists and abducting filmmakers is not an accident but a design for the eradication of a people and their culture. Free Ballal!” Filmed by both Palestinian and Israeli activists, No Other Land was co-directed by Ballal, Abraham, Basel Adra, and Rachel Szor. Prior to winning the Oscar for Best Documentary, Adra and Abraham spoke to Rolling Stone about the situation in the West Bank and whether or not the nomination has helped. “So far, it has not,” Adra said. “That’s the sad part. The movie is doing very well outside, in festivals, among audiences, and having a focus from media. But the situation on the ground is going very badly.” Added Abraham: “We are going to continue to document, because that is what we do. I don’t know how effective it is and I can still hope it will have some effect eventually. But right now, as Basel said, it’s very hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

Clearly he wasn’t lynched.

But that ruins the narrative....

The narrative that he was assaulted and beaten in front of his home? Then taken into custody by the Israeli police?

And the word “lynched” was used by the Jewish Israeli guy who said he was translating from Hebrew. Read. The. Article.

The persistent narrative that "all Palestinians are innocent victims, never mind that they raised, indoctrinated, sheltered, and supported Hamas", and "Jews are all evil and have no right to their country or to self-defense".

What country? The land they stole?

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like he was released from police custody yesterday.
‘No Other Land’ Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Freed, Says Co-Director
Following the Palestinian filmmaker’s attack and arrest, directors including Alex Gibney and Liz Garbus signed a petition calling for his release
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/no-other-land-director-hamdan-ballal-freed-1235302888/
Following his attack by Israeli settlers and subsequent arrest by Israeli authorities, Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal — the co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land — has been freed. “After being handcuffed all night and beaten in a military base, Hamdan Ballal is now free and is about to go home to his family,” Ballal’s co-director Yuval Abraham wrote on X. It was Abraham’s posts that helped circulate the news of Ballal’s attack, which occurred just outside his West Bank village home. Abraham first reported on Monday, March 24 that Ballal was “lynched,” but then issued a correction: “Note: Hamdan was assaulted and beaten up, not murdered,” he said. “My use of ‘lynched’ was a mistranslation from Hebrew (English isn’t my first language). He’s injured and being held at a police station in a settlement. They did not let his lawyer speak to him yet so we don’t know more.” The Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV), an activist group with members who were on the scene, told Rolling Stone in a statement that “dozens of settlers” attacked the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area of the southern West Bank, which occurred on Monday around 6 p.m. local time. The masked assailants — who were reportedly carrying weapons that included knives, batons, and at least one assault rifle — allegedly attacked “two homes, destroyed water tanks, and stole security cameras.” Ballal’s attack and arrest made international news, and resulted in several filmmakers signing a petition calling for his release. As of this writing, it has nearly 7,000 signatures. “Reports that Mr. Ballal was forcibly removed by the Israeli army from an ambulance following a brutal attack by settlers, and subsequently detained without clear information regarding his whereabouts, deeply alarm us,” reads the petition, which was signed by Alex Gibney, Liz Garbus, Roger Ross Williams, and others. “Such treatment of an internationally acclaimed filmmaker gravely undermines artistic freedom, human rights, and freedom of speech — core values vital to democratic societies.” Commenting on IndieWire’s Instagram post, actor Mark Ruffalo wrote, “Every filmmaker and academy member should be acting together in protest. No matter where you stand on this issue this is an attack on our beloved art from of filmmaking. Hamden Ballal is a political prisoner, and this is an international incident and violation of human rights. Many of us are not surprised by this behavior from the lawless settlers and the IDF at this point. Kill journalists and abducting filmmakers is not an accident but a design for the eradication of a people and their culture. Free Ballal!” Filmed by both Palestinian and Israeli activists, No Other Land was co-directed by Ballal, Abraham, Basel Adra, and Rachel Szor. Prior to winning the Oscar for Best Documentary, Adra and Abraham spoke to Rolling Stone about the situation in the West Bank and whether or not the nomination has helped. “So far, it has not,” Adra said. “That’s the sad part. The movie is doing very well outside, in festivals, among audiences, and having a focus from media. But the situation on the ground is going very badly.” Added Abraham: “We are going to continue to document, because that is what we do. I don’t know how effective it is and I can still hope it will have some effect eventually. But right now, as Basel said, it’s very hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

Clearly he wasn’t lynched.

But that ruins the narrative....

The narrative that he was assaulted and beaten in front of his home? Then taken into custody by the Israeli police?

And the word “lynched” was used by the Jewish Israeli guy who said he was translating from Hebrew. Read. The. Article.

The persistent narrative that "all Palestinians are innocent victims, never mind that they raised, indoctrinated, sheltered, and supported Hamas", and "Jews are all evil and have no right to their country or to self-defense".

What country? The land they stole?

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like he was released from police custody yesterday.
‘No Other Land’ Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Freed, Says Co-Director
Following the Palestinian filmmaker’s attack and arrest, directors including Alex Gibney and Liz Garbus signed a petition calling for his release
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/no-other-land-director-hamdan-ballal-freed-1235302888/
Following his attack by Israeli settlers and subsequent arrest by Israeli authorities, Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal — the co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land — has been freed. “After being handcuffed all night and beaten in a military base, Hamdan Ballal is now free and is about to go home to his family,” Ballal’s co-director Yuval Abraham wrote on X. It was Abraham’s posts that helped circulate the news of Ballal’s attack, which occurred just outside his West Bank village home. Abraham first reported on Monday, March 24 that Ballal was “lynched,” but then issued a correction: “Note: Hamdan was assaulted and beaten up, not murdered,” he said. “My use of ‘lynched’ was a mistranslation from Hebrew (English isn’t my first language). He’s injured and being held at a police station in a settlement. They did not let his lawyer speak to him yet so we don’t know more.” The Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV), an activist group with members who were on the scene, told Rolling Stone in a statement that “dozens of settlers” attacked the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area of the southern West Bank, which occurred on Monday around 6 p.m. local time. The masked assailants — who were reportedly carrying weapons that included knives, batons, and at least one assault rifle — allegedly attacked “two homes, destroyed water tanks, and stole security cameras.” Ballal’s attack and arrest made international news, and resulted in several filmmakers signing a petition calling for his release. As of this writing, it has nearly 7,000 signatures. “Reports that Mr. Ballal was forcibly removed by the Israeli army from an ambulance following a brutal attack by settlers, and subsequently detained without clear information regarding his whereabouts, deeply alarm us,” reads the petition, which was signed by Alex Gibney, Liz Garbus, Roger Ross Williams, and others. “Such treatment of an internationally acclaimed filmmaker gravely undermines artistic freedom, human rights, and freedom of speech — core values vital to democratic societies.” Commenting on IndieWire’s Instagram post, actor Mark Ruffalo wrote, “Every filmmaker and academy member should be acting together in protest. No matter where you stand on this issue this is an attack on our beloved art from of filmmaking. Hamden Ballal is a political prisoner, and this is an international incident and violation of human rights. Many of us are not surprised by this behavior from the lawless settlers and the IDF at this point. Kill journalists and abducting filmmakers is not an accident but a design for the eradication of a people and their culture. Free Ballal!” Filmed by both Palestinian and Israeli activists, No Other Land was co-directed by Ballal, Abraham, Basel Adra, and Rachel Szor. Prior to winning the Oscar for Best Documentary, Adra and Abraham spoke to Rolling Stone about the situation in the West Bank and whether or not the nomination has helped. “So far, it has not,” Adra said. “That’s the sad part. The movie is doing very well outside, in festivals, among audiences, and having a focus from media. But the situation on the ground is going very badly.” Added Abraham: “We are going to continue to document, because that is what we do. I don’t know how effective it is and I can still hope it will have some effect eventually. But right now, as Basel said, it’s very hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

Clearly he wasn’t lynched.

But that ruins the narrative....

The narrative that he was assaulted and beaten in front of his home? Then taken into custody by the Israeli police?

And the word “lynched” was used by the Jewish Israeli guy who said he was translating from Hebrew. Read. The. Article.

The persistent narrative that "all Palestinians are innocent victims, never mind that they raised, indoctrinated, sheltered, and supported Hamas", and "Jews are all evil and have no right to their country or to self-defense".

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like he was released from police custody yesterday.
‘No Other Land’ Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Freed, Says Co-Director
Following the Palestinian filmmaker’s attack and arrest, directors including Alex Gibney and Liz Garbus signed a petition calling for his release
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/no-other-land-director-hamdan-ballal-freed-1235302888/
Following his attack by Israeli settlers and subsequent arrest by Israeli authorities, Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal — the co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land — has been freed. “After being handcuffed all night and beaten in a military base, Hamdan Ballal is now free and is about to go home to his family,” Ballal’s co-director Yuval Abraham wrote on X. It was Abraham’s posts that helped circulate the news of Ballal’s attack, which occurred just outside his West Bank village home. Abraham first reported on Monday, March 24 that Ballal was “lynched,” but then issued a correction: “Note: Hamdan was assaulted and beaten up, not murdered,” he said. “My use of ‘lynched’ was a mistranslation from Hebrew (English isn’t my first language). He’s injured and being held at a police station in a settlement. They did not let his lawyer speak to him yet so we don’t know more.” The Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV), an activist group with members who were on the scene, told Rolling Stone in a statement that “dozens of settlers” attacked the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area of the southern West Bank, which occurred on Monday around 6 p.m. local time. The masked assailants — who were reportedly carrying weapons that included knives, batons, and at least one assault rifle — allegedly attacked “two homes, destroyed water tanks, and stole security cameras.” Ballal’s attack and arrest made international news, and resulted in several filmmakers signing a petition calling for his release. As of this writing, it has nearly 7,000 signatures. “Reports that Mr. Ballal was forcibly removed by the Israeli army from an ambulance following a brutal attack by settlers, and subsequently detained without clear information regarding his whereabouts, deeply alarm us,” reads the petition, which was signed by Alex Gibney, Liz Garbus, Roger Ross Williams, and others. “Such treatment of an internationally acclaimed filmmaker gravely undermines artistic freedom, human rights, and freedom of speech — core values vital to democratic societies.” Commenting on IndieWire’s Instagram post, actor Mark Ruffalo wrote, “Every filmmaker and academy member should be acting together in protest. No matter where you stand on this issue this is an attack on our beloved art from of filmmaking. Hamden Ballal is a political prisoner, and this is an international incident and violation of human rights. Many of us are not surprised by this behavior from the lawless settlers and the IDF at this point. Kill journalists and abducting filmmakers is not an accident but a design for the eradication of a people and their culture. Free Ballal!” Filmed by both Palestinian and Israeli activists, No Other Land was co-directed by Ballal, Abraham, Basel Adra, and Rachel Szor. Prior to winning the Oscar for Best Documentary, Adra and Abraham spoke to Rolling Stone about the situation in the West Bank and whether or not the nomination has helped. “So far, it has not,” Adra said. “That’s the sad part. The movie is doing very well outside, in festivals, among audiences, and having a focus from media. But the situation on the ground is going very badly.” Added Abraham: “We are going to continue to document, because that is what we do. I don’t know how effective it is and I can still hope it will have some effect eventually. But right now, as Basel said, it’s very hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

Clearly he wasn’t lynched.

But that ruins the narrative....

The narrative that he was assaulted and beaten in front of his home? Then taken into custody by the Israeli police?

And the word “lynched” was used by the Jewish Israeli guy who said he was translating from Hebrew. Read. The. Article.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like he was released from police custody yesterday.
‘No Other Land’ Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Freed, Says Co-Director
Following the Palestinian filmmaker’s attack and arrest, directors including Alex Gibney and Liz Garbus signed a petition calling for his release
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/no-other-land-director-hamdan-ballal-freed-1235302888/
Following his attack by Israeli settlers and subsequent arrest by Israeli authorities, Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal — the co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land — has been freed. “After being handcuffed all night and beaten in a military base, Hamdan Ballal is now free and is about to go home to his family,” Ballal’s co-director Yuval Abraham wrote on X. It was Abraham’s posts that helped circulate the news of Ballal’s attack, which occurred just outside his West Bank village home. Abraham first reported on Monday, March 24 that Ballal was “lynched,” but then issued a correction: “Note: Hamdan was assaulted and beaten up, not murdered,” he said. “My use of ‘lynched’ was a mistranslation from Hebrew (English isn’t my first language). He’s injured and being held at a police station in a settlement. They did not let his lawyer speak to him yet so we don’t know more.” The Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV), an activist group with members who were on the scene, told Rolling Stone in a statement that “dozens of settlers” attacked the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area of the southern West Bank, which occurred on Monday around 6 p.m. local time. The masked assailants — who were reportedly carrying weapons that included knives, batons, and at least one assault rifle — allegedly attacked “two homes, destroyed water tanks, and stole security cameras.” Ballal’s attack and arrest made international news, and resulted in several filmmakers signing a petition calling for his release. As of this writing, it has nearly 7,000 signatures. “Reports that Mr. Ballal was forcibly removed by the Israeli army from an ambulance following a brutal attack by settlers, and subsequently detained without clear information regarding his whereabouts, deeply alarm us,” reads the petition, which was signed by Alex Gibney, Liz Garbus, Roger Ross Williams, and others. “Such treatment of an internationally acclaimed filmmaker gravely undermines artistic freedom, human rights, and freedom of speech — core values vital to democratic societies.” Commenting on IndieWire’s Instagram post, actor Mark Ruffalo wrote, “Every filmmaker and academy member should be acting together in protest. No matter where you stand on this issue this is an attack on our beloved art from of filmmaking. Hamden Ballal is a political prisoner, and this is an international incident and violation of human rights. Many of us are not surprised by this behavior from the lawless settlers and the IDF at this point. Kill journalists and abducting filmmakers is not an accident but a design for the eradication of a people and their culture. Free Ballal!” Filmed by both Palestinian and Israeli activists, No Other Land was co-directed by Ballal, Abraham, Basel Adra, and Rachel Szor. Prior to winning the Oscar for Best Documentary, Adra and Abraham spoke to Rolling Stone about the situation in the West Bank and whether or not the nomination has helped. “So far, it has not,” Adra said. “That’s the sad part. The movie is doing very well outside, in festivals, among audiences, and having a focus from media. But the situation on the ground is going very badly.” Added Abraham: “We are going to continue to document, because that is what we do. I don’t know how effective it is and I can still hope it will have some effect eventually. But right now, as Basel said, it’s very hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

Clearly he wasn’t lynched.

But that ruins the narrative....

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like he was released from police custody yesterday.
‘No Other Land’ Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Freed, Says Co-Director
Following the Palestinian filmmaker’s attack and arrest, directors including Alex Gibney and Liz Garbus signed a petition calling for his release
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/no-other-land-director-hamdan-ballal-freed-1235302888/
Following his attack by Israeli settlers and subsequent arrest by Israeli authorities, Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal — the co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land — has been freed. “After being handcuffed all night and beaten in a military base, Hamdan Ballal is now free and is about to go home to his family,” Ballal’s co-director Yuval Abraham wrote on X. It was Abraham’s posts that helped circulate the news of Ballal’s attack, which occurred just outside his West Bank village home. Abraham first reported on Monday, March 24 that Ballal was “lynched,” but then issued a correction: “Note: Hamdan was assaulted and beaten up, not murdered,” he said. “My use of ‘lynched’ was a mistranslation from Hebrew (English isn’t my first language). He’s injured and being held at a police station in a settlement. They did not let his lawyer speak to him yet so we don’t know more.” The Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV), an activist group with members who were on the scene, told Rolling Stone in a statement that “dozens of settlers” attacked the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area of the southern West Bank, which occurred on Monday around 6 p.m. local time. The masked assailants — who were reportedly carrying weapons that included knives, batons, and at least one assault rifle — allegedly attacked “two homes, destroyed water tanks, and stole security cameras.” Ballal’s attack and arrest made international news, and resulted in several filmmakers signing a petition calling for his release. As of this writing, it has nearly 7,000 signatures. “Reports that Mr. Ballal was forcibly removed by the Israeli army from an ambulance following a brutal attack by settlers, and subsequently detained without clear information regarding his whereabouts, deeply alarm us,” reads the petition, which was signed by Alex Gibney, Liz Garbus, Roger Ross Williams, and others. “Such treatment of an internationally acclaimed filmmaker gravely undermines artistic freedom, human rights, and freedom of speech — core values vital to democratic societies.” Commenting on IndieWire’s Instagram post, actor Mark Ruffalo wrote, “Every filmmaker and academy member should be acting together in protest. No matter where you stand on this issue this is an attack on our beloved art from of filmmaking. Hamden Ballal is a political prisoner, and this is an international incident and violation of human rights. Many of us are not surprised by this behavior from the lawless settlers and the IDF at this point. Kill journalists and abducting filmmakers is not an accident but a design for the eradication of a people and their culture. Free Ballal!” Filmed by both Palestinian and Israeli activists, No Other Land was co-directed by Ballal, Abraham, Basel Adra, and Rachel Szor. Prior to winning the Oscar for Best Documentary, Adra and Abraham spoke to Rolling Stone about the situation in the West Bank and whether or not the nomination has helped. “So far, it has not,” Adra said. “That’s the sad part. The movie is doing very well outside, in festivals, among audiences, and having a focus from media. But the situation on the ground is going very badly.” Added Abraham: “We are going to continue to document, because that is what we do. I don’t know how effective it is and I can still hope it will have some effect eventually. But right now, as Basel said, it’s very hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

Clearly he wasn’t lynched.

Anonymous wrote:Looks like he was released from police custody yesterday.
‘No Other Land’ Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Freed, Says Co-Director
Following the Palestinian filmmaker’s attack and arrest, directors including Alex Gibney and Liz Garbus signed a petition calling for his release
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/no-other-land-director-hamdan-ballal-freed-1235302888/
Following his attack by Israeli settlers and subsequent arrest by Israeli authorities, Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal — the co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land — has been freed. “After being handcuffed all night and beaten in a military base, Hamdan Ballal is now free and is about to go home to his family,” Ballal’s co-director Yuval Abraham wrote on X. It was Abraham’s posts that helped circulate the news of Ballal’s attack, which occurred just outside his West Bank village home. Abraham first reported on Monday, March 24 that Ballal was “lynched,” but then issued a correction: “Note: Hamdan was assaulted and beaten up, not murdered,” he said. “My use of ‘lynched’ was a mistranslation from Hebrew (English isn’t my first language). He’s injured and being held at a police station in a settlement. They did not let his lawyer speak to him yet so we don’t know more.” The Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV), an activist group with members who were on the scene, told Rolling Stone in a statement that “dozens of settlers” attacked the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area of the southern West Bank, which occurred on Monday around 6 p.m. local time. The masked assailants — who were reportedly carrying weapons that included knives, batons, and at least one assault rifle — allegedly attacked “two homes, destroyed water tanks, and stole security cameras.” Ballal’s attack and arrest made international news, and resulted in several filmmakers signing a petition calling for his release. As of this writing, it has nearly 7,000 signatures. “Reports that Mr. Ballal was forcibly removed by the Israeli army from an ambulance following a brutal attack by settlers, and subsequently detained without clear information regarding his whereabouts, deeply alarm us,” reads the petition, which was signed by Alex Gibney, Liz Garbus, Roger Ross Williams, and others. “Such treatment of an internationally acclaimed filmmaker gravely undermines artistic freedom, human rights, and freedom of speech — core values vital to democratic societies.” Commenting on IndieWire’s Instagram post, actor Mark Ruffalo wrote, “Every filmmaker and academy member should be acting together in protest. No matter where you stand on this issue this is an attack on our beloved art from of filmmaking. Hamden Ballal is a political prisoner, and this is an international incident and violation of human rights. Many of us are not surprised by this behavior from the lawless settlers and the IDF at this point. Kill journalists and abducting filmmakers is not an accident but a design for the eradication of a people and their culture. Free Ballal!” Filmed by both Palestinian and Israeli activists, No Other Land was co-directed by Ballal, Abraham, Basel Adra, and Rachel Szor. Prior to winning the Oscar for Best Documentary, Adra and Abraham spoke to Rolling Stone about the situation in the West Bank and whether or not the nomination has helped. “So far, it has not,” Adra said. “That’s the sad part. The movie is doing very well outside, in festivals, among audiences, and having a focus from media. But the situation on the ground is going very badly.” Added Abraham: “We are going to continue to document, because that is what we do. I don’t know how effective it is and I can still hope it will have some effect eventually. But right now, as Basel said, it’s very hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

Anonymous wrote:This is appalling.
As a Jew we should all be up in arms about this. F them

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Anonymous wrote:Along the lines of “not all Israelis” or “not all Palestinians” -

I keep seeing people referred to as “Zionists”. I don’t understand the difference between a Zionist and a “person who supports Israel”. Are they the same? Is a Zionist a bit more aggressive, something like “a person who supports Israel AND believes Palestinians should be moved/killed?”

Thanks for any insight.

Zionists want a Jewish state that excludes all other religions. Prior to the creation of Israel in 1948 there were Palestinian Christians, Muslims and Jews living peacefully on the same land. Zionists want to remove all the Christians and Muslims and claim the land for Jews only. And they believe “God” gives them this right.

Please--there were tons of actual incidents of ethnic cleansing going on by all sides prior to '48. Please consider why this poster wants you to believe that the Palestinian mandate was some sort of diversity utopia until the establishment of the state of Israel. Leftists are great at at reclaiming and making up words and then forcing everyone else to "do the research and work" to figure out if what they're saying actually makes any sense-- but at that point enough damage is done. Take a few loaded words that have well established historical contexts--Nazism, Apartheid, Fascism--and loosely associate them with Israel and eventually something will stick. Zionism literally just means that you think Israel (Zion) should be the Jewish people's soverign homeland and no--that does not mean or require the total exclusion of other ethnic groups and religions. Does it have to be a MAJORITY Jewish state? Most would say yes b/c by definition it would likely stop being a soverign Jewish nation if Jews were a minority. Maybe that sounds racist when compared with the melting pot that is the United States but yeah--the U.S. is a really unique outlier. Most countries are not that religiously and ethincally diverse including ALL of Israel's immediate neighbors. Right now Israel is about 75% Jewish and 20% Muslim. Where are all the Jews of Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, etc? They got summarily kicked out in '48 and were forced to migrate to Israel--which at the time was mostly a barrenless backwater. Yes---half of Israel's Jewish population are Arab Jews who have absolutely no "right of return."

There are Arab political parties that participate in the Israeli Knesset and past and current Arabs (Christian and Muslim) sitting on Israel's supreme court. Major road signs in Israel are typically written in both Hebrew and Arabic (and often English too). It's not a perfect country but by definition zionists living in the w. bank are going to be more extremist than your typical Israeli. But posters like the OP love using them as an example to push a narrative that Israel is somehow uniquely bigoted while conveniently ignoring how all of Israel's neighbors have become nearly monolithically Muslim and the fact that the middle east as a whole used to be a lot more religiously and ethnically diverse than it is today.

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Anonymous wrote:Along the lines of “not all Israelis” or “not all Palestinians” -

I keep seeing people referred to as “Zionists”. I don’t understand the difference between a Zionist and a “person who supports Israel”. Are they the same? Is a Zionist a bit more aggressive, something like “a person who supports Israel AND believes Palestinians should be moved/killed?”

Thanks for any insight.

Zionists want a Jewish state that excludes all other religions. Prior to the creation of Israel in 1948 there were Palestinian Christians, Muslims and Jews living peacefully on the same land. Zionists want to remove all the Christians and Muslims and claim the land for Jews only. And they believe “God” gives them this right.